2012 US Open (tennis)

September 2012 July 2023 2012 US Open August 27 – September 10 200px 132nd Grand Slam (ITF) Hardcourt New York City, U.S. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center GBR Andy Murray USA Serena Williams USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci RUS Ekaterina Makarova / BRA Bruno Soares CAN Filip Peliwo USA Samantha Crawford GBR Kyle Edmund / POR Frederico Ferreira Silva USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10.Federer, Djokovic, Nadal headline men's field http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-08/201208081344455811922.html?promo=home August 14, 2012 www.usopen.org August 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120815150133/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-08/201208081344455811922.html?promo=home August 15, 2012 dead mdy-all As a result of adverse weather conditions on September 8, which included a full evacuation of the National Tennis Center because of an upcoming tornado, another day was added to the schedule for the fifth straight year, U.S. Open: For Fifth Straight Year, Men's Final Pushed to Monday http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/09/u-s-open-for-fifth-straight-year-mens-final-pushed-to-monday/ September 9, 2012 Sports Media Watch September 8, 2012 with the women's final postponed to the afternoon of Sunday, September 9 rather than the previous evening, the men's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer suspended on September 8 and completed on September 9, and the men's final postponed to the afternoon of Monday, September 10. Djokovic and Samantha Stosur were the defending men's and women's singles champions, respectively. Both were unsuccessful in their title defenses; Stosur being narrowly defeated by World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, and Djokovic defeated in the final by Andy Murray. Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first man to win both the US Open and the Olympic men's singles gold medal in the same year.Fisher Stewart http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/andy-murray-wins-first-grand-slam-title-with-us-open-triumph.1347344961?_=27cfac7148112eaa048ea53bbeb10cacab631742 Andy Murray wins first Grand Slam title with US Open triumph The Herald September 11, 2012 September 12, 2012 In the women's draw, Serena Williams won her fourth US Open title, and first since 2008, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final. Notable events thumb|Sara Errani – Winner of Women's Doubles and Semifinalist of Women's Singles 2010 champion and 2011 finalist Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament because of a knee injury.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/sports/tennis/rafael-nadal-withdraws-from-us-open.html The New York Times Ben Rothenberg Nadal, Still Recovering From Knee Problems, Will Miss United States Open August 15, 2012https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/15/rafael-nadal-us-open-knee-injury Rafael Nadal out of US Open after failing to recover from knee injury August 15, 2012 Guardian UK August 27, 2012 London 2010 finalist Vera Zvonareva also withdrew from the tournament due to illness. Two former World No. 1s and US Open champions ended their careers after this year's US Open. Three-time women's champion Kim Clijsters suffered her first defeat at Flushing Meadows since losing the 2003 final to her compatriot and rival Justine Henin, when she was defeated in the second round by Laura Robson. This loss marked the end of Clijsters' singles career. American Andy Roddick, who won in 2003, retired from professional tennis with his loss against 2009 champion Juan Martín del Potro in the fourth round. Robson followed up her upset of Clijsters with a third round victory against Li Na, making the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, and this was also the first British woman to reach the fourth round in any Grand Slam since Samantha Smith did so in 1998 Wimbledon. On September 3, John Isner and Philipp Kohlschreiber finished play at 2:26 am, tying the 1993 Mats Wilander/Mikael Pernfors record for the latest-ever finish to a matchday at the tournament.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/03/us-open-2012-kohlschreiber-isner London The Guardian US Open 2012: Philipp Kohlschreiber and John Isner equal record finish September 3, 2012 Serena Williams won 23 consecutive games from 4–4 in the first set against Ekaterina Makarova in the third round through to 3–0 in the first set against Ana Ivanovic in the quarter-finals. After 17 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without a quarter-final appearance, Ivanovic reached that stage for the first time since winning the 2008 French Open.WTA | News | Latest News | Stats Corner: Majors Between Titles & QFs Ivanovic, Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci all advanced to the US Open quarter-finals for the first time. For Vinci, this was her first Grand Slam quarter-final, eleven years and 31 Grand Slam tournaments after debuting at the 2001 US Open.2012 U.S. Open – No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska labors, loses to Roberta Vinci – espnW Maria Sharapova returned to the semi-finals for the first time since 2006, and Sara Errani advanced to her first ever US Open semi-final. Serena Williams advanced to her second straight US Open final, and her sixth overall. She defeated Victoria Azarenka in the first three-set final to be decided since 1995.September 2012 In the men's draw, Tomáš Berdych advanced to his first US Open quarter-final by virtue of his three-set win against Nicolás Almagro in the fourth round. He then advanced to the semi-finals after upsetting five-time US Open champion Roger Federer in the quarter-finals. With Federer's defeat, this meant that for the first time since the 2004 French Open, neither Federer nor Nadal featured in a Grand Slam semi-final.Ferrer reaches US Open semi-final - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) With their victory in the men's doubles final, Bob and Mike Bryan took sole possession of the Open-era record for most Grand Slam men's doubles titles. Their 12th Grand Slam title took them past The Woodies (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde). The win was also their fourth at the US Open, tying the Open-era record of Bob Lutz and Stan Smith.https://www.espn.com/tennis/usopen12/story/_/id/8348728/2012-us-open-bob-bryan-mike-bryan-win-men-doubles-set-slam-record Bryan brothers set Slam record Associated Press ESPN September 7, 2012 September 11, 2012 The women's final between Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams was postponed to Sunday, due to inclement weather, for the fourth time in five years.September 2012 The second men's semi-final between David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic was also postponed to Sunday, also due to inclement weather, with the men's final to be played on Monday for the fifth year in a row.September 2012 Andy Murray became the first British winner of a Grand Slam singles title since 1977, and the first British man to do so since 1936, by defeating the defending champion Djokovic in the final. Lasting 4:54, it was the equal-longest US Open final by duration in history, and the equal-second longest Grand Slam final in the Open Era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final.Murray downs Djokovic to win US Open - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) For the first time since 2003, the four Grand Slam Men's Singles titles were won by different players.September 2012 Points and prize money Point distribution Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. Seniors points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 – – – –Women's singles140090050028016010056050402Women's doubles5 – – – – Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles2501801208050302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles180120805030 —Girls' doubles Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles$1,900,000$950,000$475,000$237,500$120,000$65,000$37,000$23,000$8,638$5,775$3,000Doubles *$420,000$210,000$105,000$50,000$26,000$16,000$11,000 – – – –Mixed doubles *$150,000$70,000$30,000$15,000$10,000$5,000 – – – – – * per team Bonus prize money 2012 Olympus US Open Series Finishhttp://www.usopenseries.com/Standings/ 2012 Olympus US Open Series Bonus Challenge Standings 30 August 2011 usopenseries.com April 6, 2013 October 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101029171420/http://www.usopenseries.com/Standings/ dead2012 US Open FinishWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128 Awardees1st place$1,000,000$500,000$250,000$125,000$70,000$40,000$25,000$15,000 SRB Novak Djokovic $500,000 CZE Petra Kvitová $70,000 2nd place$500,000$250,000$125,000$62,500$35,000$20,000$12,500$7,500 USA John Isner $20,000 CHN Li Na $20,000 3rd place$250,000$125,000$62,500$31,250$17,500$10,000$6,250$3,750 USA Sam Querrey $10,000 SVK Dominika Cibulková $10,000 Singles players Men's singles Champion Runner-up GBR Andy Murray [3] SRB Novak Djokovic [2] Semifinals out CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] ESP David Ferrer [4] Quarterfinals out SUI Roger Federer [1] CRO Marin Čilić [12] SRB Janko Tipsarević [8] ARG Juan Martín del Potro [7] 4th round out USA Mardy Fish [23] ESP Nicolás Almagro [11] CAN Milos Raonic [15] SVK Martin Kližan GER Philipp Kohlschreiber [19] FRA Richard Gasquet [13] USA Andy Roddick [20] SUI Stanislas Wawrinka [18] 3rd round out ESP Fernando Verdasco [25] FRA Gilles Simon [16] USA Jack Sock (WC) USA Sam Querrey [27] ESP Feliciano López [30] USA James Blake (WC) JPN Kei Nishikori [17] FRA Jérémy Chardy [32] SVN Grega Žemlja (Q) USA John Isner [9] USA Steve Johnson (Q) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (WC) ARG Leonardo Mayer ITA Fabio Fognini UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov [14] FRA Julien Benneteau [31] 2nd round out GER Björn Phau ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas RUS Nikolay Davydenko TPE Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Q) GER Philipp Petzschner ITA Flavio Cipolla ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo EST Jürgen Zopp CRO Ivan Dodig ESP Pablo Andújar ESP Marcel Granollers [24] FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (PR) GER Daniel Brands (Q) USA Tim Smyczek (Q) AUS Matthew Ebden FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] USA Brian Baker GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe FRA Benoît Paire FIN Jarkko Nieminen USA Bradley Klahn (Q) LAT Ernests Gulbis LUX Gilles Müller NED Igor Sijsling (Q) USA Ryan Harrison ESP Tommy Robredo (PR) AUS Bernard Tomic ESP Guillermo García López CYP Marcos Baghdatis BEL Steve Darcis USA Dennis Novikov (WC) BRA Rogério Dutra da Silva 1st round out USA Donald Young BEL Maxime Authom (Q) USA Robby Ginepri (WC) POR Rui Machado JPN Go Soeda ARG Guido Pella (Q) CRO Ivo Karlović USA Michael Russell CZE Radek Štěpánek FRA Nicolas Mahut SLO Blaž Kavčič GER Florian Mayer [22] TPE Lu Yen-hsun IND Somdev Devvarman (PR) UZB Denis Istomin BEL David Goffin RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr. JPN Hiroki Moriya (Q) BRA Thomaz Bellucci NED Robin Haase USA Denis Kudla (WC) SVK Lukáš Lacko RUS Igor Andreev COL Santiago Giraldo AUS Marinko Matosevic ROU Adrian Ungur USA Bobby Reynolds (Q) ARG Guido Andreozzi (Q) ITA Filippo Volandri JPN Tatsuma Ito COL Alejandro Falla SVK Karol Beck (Q) FRA Guillaume Rufin (WC) CZE Jan Hájek BRA Ricardo Mello (Q) SRB Viktor Troicki [29] FRA Michaël Llodra BUL Grigor Dimitrov KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin BEL Xavier Malisse ESP Albert Montañés AUT Jürgen Melzer USA Rajeev Ram GER Tommy Haas [21] RUS Mikhail Youzhny [28] GER Tobias Kamke ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver RSA Kevin Anderson FRA Florent Serra (LL) GER Benjamin Becker POL Łukasz Kubot ITA Andreas Seppi [26] USA Rhyne Williams (Q) ARG Carlos Berlocq FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin ARG Juan Mónaco [10] USA Jesse Levine GER Matthias Bachinger (Q) TUN Malek Jaziri UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky BEL Olivier Rochus POL Jerzy Janowicz RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili (Q) ITA Paolo Lorenzi Women's singles Champion Runner-up USA Serena Williams [4] BLR Victoria Azarenka [1] Semifinals out RUS Maria Sharapova [3] ITA Sara Errani [10] Quarterfinals out AUS Samantha Stosur [7] FRA Marion Bartoli [11] SRB Ana Ivanovic [12] ITA Roberta Vinci [20] 4th round out GEO Anna Tatishvili GBR Laura Robson RUS Nadia Petrova [19] CZE Petra Kvitová [5] BUL Tsvetana Pironkova CZE Andrea Hlaváčková GER Angelique Kerber [6] POL Agnieszka Radwańska [2] 3rd round out CHN Zheng Jie [28] LUX Mandy Minella CHN Li Na [9] USA Varvara Lepchenko [31] USA Mallory Burdette (WC) CZE Lucie Šafářová [15] FRA Kristina Mladenovic (WC) FRA Pauline Parmentier ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa USA Sloane Stephens RUS Maria Kirilenko [14] RUS Ekaterina Makarova BLR Olga Govortsova RUS Olga Puchkova (Q) SVK Dominika Cibulková [13] SRB Jelena Janković [30] 2nd round out BEL Kirsten Flipkens (Q) SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková (Q) CZE Kristýna Plíšková (Q) ROU Sorana Cîrstea AUS Casey Dellacqua BEL Kim Clijsters [23] AUS Anastasia Rodionova (Q) ROM Edina Gallovits-Hall (Q) ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino CZE Lucie Hradecká ROU Simona Halep CAN Aleksandra Wozniak SUI Romina Oprandi RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] BEL Yanina Wickmayer [25] FRA Alizé Cornet ROM Irina-Camelia Begu JPN Ayumi Morita GER Tatjana Malek (Q) SWE Sofia Arvidsson HUN Gréta Arn KAZ Galina Voskoboeva RUS Elena Vesnina ESP María José Martínez Sánchez USA Venus Williams GBR Johanna Konta (Q) NED Kiki Bertens RUS Vera Dushevina SRB Bojana Jovanovski KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova ESP Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Q) ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 1st round out RUS Alexandra Panova CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová TPE Hsieh Su-wei FRA Virginie Razzano GER Julia Görges [18] AUS Olivia Rogowska (WC) FRA Stéphanie Foretz Gacon GER Sabine Lisicki [16] GBR Heather Watson UKR Lesia Tsurenko (Q) USA Samantha Crawford USA Victoria Duval (WC) FRA Mathilde Johansson USA Julia Cohen (WC) SUI Stefanie Vögele (Q) CRO Petra Martić HUN Melinda Czink KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva SUI Timea Bacsinszky (PR) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues [27] AUS Jarmila Gajdošová CZE Iveta Benešová ROU Alexandra Cadanțu USA Melanie Oudin (WC) USA Jamie Hampton GER Andrea Petkovic NZL Marina Erakovic SVK Daniela Hantuchová ISR Julia Glushko (Q) NED Michaëlla Krajicek USA Nicole Gibbs (WC) SLO Polona Hercog DEN Caroline Wozniacki [8] RUS Alla Kudryavtseva (Q) ITA Camila Giorgi ROU Monica Niculescu [26] ITA Francesca Schiavone [22] UZB Akgul Amanmuradova JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm UKR Elina Svitolina (Q) RSA Chanelle Scheepers HUN Ágnes Szávay (PR) NED Arantxa Rus CZE Klára Zakopalová [24] CHN Peng Shuai [32] GRE Eleni Daniilidou (LL) CRO Mirjana Lučić USA CoCo Vandeweghe GBR Anne Keothavong USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (WC) HUN Tímea Babos AUT Tamira Paszek [29] USA Christina McHale [21] USA Irina Falconi ITA Nastassja Burnett (Q) ESP Garbiñe Muguruza SWE Johanna Larsson GER Mona Barthel USA Vania King POL Urszula Radwańska UKR Kateryna Bondarenko ISR Shahar Pe'er KAZ Ksenia Pervak RUS Nina Bratchikova Day-by-day summaries 2012 US Open – Day-by-day summaries Events Seniors Men's singles 2012 US Open – Men's singles GBR Andy Murray defeated SRB Novak Djokovic, 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 • It was Murray's 1st career Grand Slam singles title. Women's singles 2012 US Open – Women's singles USA Serena Williams defeated BLR Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 • It was Williams' 15th career Grand Slam singles title and her 4th at the US Open. Men's doubles 2012 US Open – Men's doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 6–4 • It was Bob and Mike's 12th career Grand Slam doubles title and their 4th at the US Open. Women's doubles 2012 US Open – Women's doubles ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci defeated CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–2 • It was Errani's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open. • It was Vinci's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open. Mixed doubles 2012 US Open – Mixed doubles RUS Ekaterina Makarova / BRA Bruno Soares defeated CZE Květa Peschke / POL Marcin Matkowski, 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10] • It was Makarova's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. • It was Soares' 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Juniors Boys' singles 2012 US Open – Boys' singles CAN Filip Peliwo defeated GBR Liam Broady, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 Girls' singles 2012 US Open – Girls' singles USA Samantha Crawford defeated EST Anett Kontaveit, 7–5, 6–3 Boys' doubles 2012 US Open – Boys' doubles GBR Kyle Edmund / POR Frederico Ferreira Silva defeated AUS Nick Kyrgios / AUS Jordan Thompson, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] Girls' doubles 2012 US Open – Girls' doubles USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend defeated SUI Belinda Bencic / SVK Petra Uberalová, 6–3, 6–4 Wheelchair events This year there was no wheelchair competition due to a calendar conflict with the Paralympic Games in London. Wheelchair competition returned in 2013.Wheelchair Competition http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/cs/index.html US Open August 31, 2012 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120814002452if_/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/cs/index.html August 14, 2012 dead mdy-all Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of August 20, 2012. Rankings and points as before August 27, 2012. Men's singles ATP Singles Rankings as of the 22nd of August 2012 http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=22.08.2012&c=&r=1# Association of Tennis Professionals August 22, 2012 SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1SUI Roger Federer 12,165 720 360 11,805Quarterfinals lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] 2 2SRB Novak Djokovic 11,270 2,000 1,200 10,470Runner-up, lost to GBR Andy Murray [3] 3 4GBR Andy Murray 7,290 720 2,000 8,570Champion, defeated SRB Novak Djokovic [2] 4 5ESP David Ferrer 5,375 180 720 5,915Semifinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [2] 5 6FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4,835 360 45 4,530Second round lost to SVK Martin Kližan 6 7CZE Tomáš Berdych 4,200 90 720 4,830Semifinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [3] 7 8ARG Juan Martín del Potro 3,620 90 360 3,890Quarterfinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [2] 8 9SRB Janko Tipsarević 3,285 360 360 3,285Quarterfinals lost to ESP David Ferrer [4] 9 10USA John Isner 2,880 360 90 2,610Third round lost to GER Philipp Kohlschreiber [19] 10 11ARG Juan Mónaco 2,735 180 10 2,565First round lost to ESP Guillermo García López 11 12ESP Nicolás Almagro 2,305 10 180 2,475Fourth round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] 12 13CRO Marin Čilić 2,185 90 360 2,455Quarterfinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [3] 13 14FRA Richard Gasquet 2,030 45 180 2,165Fourth round lost to ESP David Ferrer [4] 14 15UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,905 180 90 1,815Third round lost SUI Stan Wawrinka [18] 15 16CAN Milos Raonic 1,900 0 180 2,080Fourth round lost to GBR Andy Murray [3] 16 17FRA Gilles Simon 1,890 180 90 1,800Third round lost to USA Mardy Fish [23] 17 18JPN Kei Nishikori 1,790 10 90 1,870Third round lost to CRO Marin Čilić [12] 18 19SUI Stan Wawrinka 1,730 45 180 1,865Fourth round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [2] 19 20GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,685 10 180 1,855Fourth round lost to SRB Janko Tipsarević [8] 20 22USA Andy Roddick 1,600 360 180 1,420Fourth round lost to ARG Juan Martín del Potro [7] 21 21GER Tommy Haas 1,633 90 10 1,553First round lost to LAT Ernests Gulbis 22 23GER Florian Mayer 1,580 90 10 1,500First round retired against USA Jack Sock [WC] 23 25USA Mardy Fish 1,535 180 180 1,535Fourth round withdrew for health reasons 24 24ESP Marcel Granollers 1,555 90 45 1,510Second round lost to USA James Blake [WC] 25 26ESP Fernando Verdasco 1,525 90 90 1,525Third round lost to SUI Roger Federer [1] 26 27ITA Andreas Seppi 1,390 10 10 1,390First round lost to ESP Tommy Robredo [PR] 27 28USA Sam Querrey 1,350 0 90 1,440Third round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] 28 29RUS Mikhail Youzhny 1,290 10 10 1,290First round lost to LUX Gilles Müller 29 30SRB Viktor Troicki 1,255 10 10 1,255First round lost to GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 30 31ESP Feliciano López 1,220 90 90 1,220Third round lost to GBR Andy Murray [3] 31 35FRA Julien Benneteau 1,075 90 90 1,075Third round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [2] 32 32FRA Jérémy Chardy 1,168 0 90 1,258Third round lost to SVK Martin Kližan The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterReason 3ESP Rafael Nadal 8,715 1,200 7,515 Knee tendinitis2012 US Open player field updates http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-20/201208201345502238180.html?promo=home USOpen.org August 20, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120824235603/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-20/201208201345502238180.html?promo=home August 24, 2012 Women's singles WTA rankings as of August 22, 2012 http://www.wtatennis.com/page/RankingsSingles/0,,12781~0~1~100,00.html WTA August 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722101715/http://www.wtatennis.com/page/RankingsSingles/0%2C%2C12781~0~1~100%2C00.html July 22, 2012 dead SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1BLR Victoria Azarenka 9,025 160 1,400 10,265Runner-up, lost to USA Serena Williams [4] 2 2POL Agnieszka Radwańska 8,115 100 280 8,295Fourth round lost to ITA Roberta Vinci [20] 3 3RUS Maria Sharapova 7,695 160 900 8,435Semifinals lost to BLR Victoria Azarenka [1] 4 4USA Serena Williams 7,300 1,400 2,000 7,900Champion, defeated BLR Victoria Azarenka [1] 5 5CZE Petra Kvitová 6,415 5 280 6,690Fourth round lost to FRA Marion Bartoli [11] 6 6GER Angelique Kerber 5,705 900 280 5,085Fourth round lost to ITA Sara Errani [10] 7 7AUS Samantha Stosur 5,700 2,000 500 4,200Quarterfinals lost to BLR Victoria Azarenka [1] 8 9DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4,335 900 5 3,440First round lost to ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 9 8CHN Li Na 4,371 5 160 4,526Third round lost to GBR Laura Robson 10 10ITA Sara Errani 3,860 5 900 4,755Semifinals lost to USA Serena Williams [4] 11 11FRA Marion Bartoli 3,400 100 500 3,800Quarterfinals lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [3] 12 13SRB Ana Ivanovic 2,980 280 500 3,200Quarterfinals lost to USA Serena Williams [4] 13 14SVK Dominika Cibulková 2,945 100 160 3,005Third round lost to ITA Roberta Vinci [20] 14 12RUS Maria Kirilenko 3,055 280 160 2,935Third round lost to CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 15 17CZE Lucie Šafářová 2,210 160 160 2,210Third round lost to RUS Nadia Petrova [19] 16 23GER Sabine Lisicki 1,863 280 5 1,588First round lost to ROU Sorana Cîrstea 17 20RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,075 500 100 1,675Second round lost to FRA Kristina Mladenovic [WC] 18 21GER Julia Görges 1,970 160 5 1,815First round lost to CZE Kristýna Plíšková [Q] 19 22RUS Nadia Petrova 1,885 160 280 2,005Fourth round lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [3] 20 19ITA Roberta Vinci 2,085 160 500 2,425Quarterfinals lost to ITA Sara Errani [10] 21 24USA Christina McHale 1,780 160 5 1,625First round lost to NED Kiki Bertens 22 26ITA Francesca Schiavone 1,716 280 5 1,441First round lost to USA Sloane Stephens 23 25BEL Kim Clijsters 1,765 0 100 1,865Second round lost to GBR Laura Robson 24 30CZE Klára Zakopalová 1,670 5 5 1,670First round lost to CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 25 29BEL Yanina Wickmayer 1,675 100 100 1,675Second round lost to FRA Pauline Parmentier 26 33ROU Monica Niculescu 1,581 280 5 1,306First round lost to JPN Ayumi Morita 27 36ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 1,540 160 5 1,385First round lost to CZE Lucie Hradecká 28 28CHN Zheng Jie 1,676 100 160 1,736Third round lost to BLR Victoria Azarenka [1] 29 31AUT Tamira Paszek 1,603 5 5 1,603First round lost to BLR Olga Govortsova 30 27SRB Jelena Janković 1,681 160 160 1,681Third round lost to POL Agnieszka Radwańska [2] 31 32USA Varvara Lepchenko 1,600 5 160 1,755Third round lost to AUS Samantha Stosur [7] 32 34CHN Peng Shuai 1,580 280 5 1,305First round lost to RUS Elena Vesnina The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterReason 15EST Kaia Kanepi2,5141002,414Achilles tendon injury 16RUS Vera Zvonareva2,3755001,875Viral illness 18ITA Flavia Pennetta2,1905001,690Right wrist injury 49CZE Petra Cetkovská 1,315 100 1,215Right ankle injury Wild card entries Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws. Men's singles wild card entries USA James Blakehttp://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-14/201208141344964635686.html Hewitt, Blake earn US Open wild cards USOpen.com August 14, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120819000226/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-14/201208141344964635686.html August 19, 2012 USA Robby Ginepri AUS Lleyton Hewitt USA Steve Johnson USA Denis Kudla USA Dennis Novikov FRA Guillaume Rufin USA Jack Sock Women's singles wild card entries USA Mallory Burdettehttp://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-15/201208151345050208805.html?promo=home https://web.archive.org/web/20200725091722/https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2012-08-15/201208151345050208805.html?promo=home dead July 25, 2020 Oudin, Mattek-Sands earn US Open wild cards USOpen.com August 6, 2012 USA Julia Cohen USA Victoria Duval USA Nicole Gibbs USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands FRA Kristina Mladenovic USA Melanie Oudin AUS Olivia Rogowskahttps://www.tennis.com.au/news/2012/08/22/rogowska-granted-us-open-wildcard ROGOWSKA GRANTED US OPEN WILDCARD Tennis Australia August 22, 2012 September 5, 2017 Men's doubles wild card entries USA Chase Buchanan / USA Bradley Klahn USA Christian Harrison / USA Ryan Harrison USA Steve Johnson / USA Jack Sock AUT Jürgen Melzer / GER Philipp Petzschner USA Nicholas Monroe / USA Donald Young USA Dennis Novikov / USA Michael Redlicki USA Bobby Reynolds / USA Michael Russell Women's' doubles wild card entries USA Mallory Burdette / USA Nicole Gibbs BEL Kim Clijsters / BEL Kirsten Flipkens USA Samantha Crawford / USA Allie Kiick USA Irina Falconi / USA Maria Sanchez USA Madison Keys / USA Jessica Pegula USA Grace Min / USA Melanie Oudin USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams Mixed doubles wild card entries USA Samantha Crawford / USA Mitchell Krueger USA Irina Falconi / USA Steve Johnson USA Varvara Lepchenko / USA Donald Young USA Nicole Melichar / USA Brian Battistone USA Grace Min / USA Bradley Klahn USA Melanie Oudin / USA Jack Sock USA Sloane Stephens / USA Rajeev Ram Qualifiers entries Men's singles 2012 US Open – Men's singles qualifying NED Igor Sijsling JPN Hiroki Moriya USA Tim Smyczek ARG Guido Pella SVK Karol Beck SLO Grega Žemlja USA Rhyne Williams BEL Maxime Authom USA Bradley Klahn ARG Guido Andreozzi GER Matthias Bachinger USA Bobby Reynolds TPE Jimmy Wang BRA Ricardo Mello GER Daniel Brands RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: FRA Florent Serra Women's singles 2012 US Open – Women's singles qualifying SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková GER Tatjana Malek ITA Nastassja Burnett USA Samantha Crawford AUS Anastasia Rodionova UKR Lesia Tsurenko ROU Edina Gallovits-Hall GBR Johanna Konta BEL Kirsten Flipkens ISR Julia Glushko ESP Lara Arruabarrena UKR Elina Svitolina RUS Olga Puchkova RUS Alla Kudryavtseva SUI Stefanie Vögele CZE Kristýna Plíšková The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: GRE Eleni Daniilidou Protected ranking The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Men's Singles IND Somdev Devvarman (PR 85) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (PR 96) ESP Tommy Robredo (PR 50) Women's Singles SUI Timea Bacsinszky (PR 47) HUN Ágnes Szávay (PR 44) Withdrawals The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. Men's Singles Before the tournament ARG Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by ROU Adrian Ungur ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by BEL Olivier Rochus FRA Gaël Monfils → replaced by GER Benjamin Becker ESP Rafael Nadal → replaced by USA Rajeev Ram ARG David Nalbandian → replaced by FRA Florent Serra During the tournament USA Mardy Fish Women's Singles Before the tournament GBR Elena Baltacha → replaced by HUN Gréta Arn CZE Petra Cetkovská → replaced by GRE Eleni Daniilidou EST Kaia Kanepi → replaced by ESP Garbiñe Muguruza RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva ITA Flavia Pennetta → replaced by SWE Johanna Larsson RUS Vera Zvonareva → replaced by AUS Casey Dellacqua References External links Tennis Official website of US Open 2012 Wimbledon Championships Grand Slams 2013 Australian Open US Open US Open US Open US Open 2012 US Open US Open US Open